Javascript Event for "Open in new Tab"

Question

I have the following problem: I use Javascript onclick event to change href of a link. It works like a charm but only if user just clicks a link. If "Open in new tab" feature is used for the link - onclick event will not fire and href will never change. Is there any way to handle such an event? Perhaps with jQuery or some other JS Framework?

Example:

<a href="some_url" onclick="this.href = 'some_other_url'">Link</a>

Use onmousedown or add oncontextmenu - for inspiration, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8893269/what-is-the-most-reliable-way-to-hide-spoof-the-referrer-in-javascript ("How to capture links" - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8927208/catching-event-when-following-a-link) — Rob W, Sep 11 '12 at 08:07

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 13 '19 at 05:48

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Try to change

<a href="some_url" onclick="this.href = 'some_other_url'">Link</a>

to

<a href="some_url" onmousedown="this.href = 'some_other_url'">Link</a>

edited Dec 13 '19 at 05:48

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answered Sep 11 '12 at 08:09

Mateusz Rogulski

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@FlexJack Did you actually get the "open link in new tab" option to open the `some_other_url` ? – Magne Apr 16 '14 at 20:28

Javascript Event for "Open in new Tab"

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